The main seat of the Utrecht public library is 132 years old and used to be a postal office.

I really love the architecture, the main hall always impresses me whenever I visit.

This is the vantage point from where I took the photo, helpfully highlighted by the halo :)

  • quinacridone@lemmy.ml
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    4 hours ago

    Wow! What an amazing building, it looks like a temple or church

    I thought it was modern architecture at first glance, but the fact that it used to be a postal office, and it’s over a century old…

    They certainly don’t make 'em like they used to

    • Thelsim@sh.itjust.worksOP
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      4 hours ago

      I did a bit of extra reading and I made a mistake. The Utrecht library is 132 years old, but this building is exactly 100 years old.
      I really need to read more thoroughly.